iconic "Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper" reviews

[@Halloweenish]

Annalise: “I wish I could read books all day!” Erika: “I wish I could read.”

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

😂

[@TheSwedishCatLord]

”I love the world!” The world: I don’t like this coment any more.

[@Junesaidhi]

We really need to bring back bloopers in animated movies.

[@markipliertrash1562]

So true

[@JayTohab]

It still intrigue me that this one of the few children's princess movies that doesn't involve any magic - just one big coincidence.

[@mackback319]

the talking cats

[@badulgumm5458]

@@mackback319 yeah but humans doesn't understand them so it doesn't count

[@mackback319]

@@badulgumm5458 yeah you right

[@MermaidKiley]

it technically has butterflies with glitter that represent (and may be responsible for) Annelise and Erica's twin souls

[@crazycookie4645]

I love how Anneliese and Julian, and Erica and Dominic, get married at the end but none of them kiss, even once. Dominic and Erica in particular just stare into each others eyes and little else 😂. Also, they did not need to go as hard as they did with the soundtrack. “How Can I Refuse?” is still stuck in my head 19 years later.

[@chrysolite2842]

To me, the kiss was 🎆✨metaphorical🌟✨

[@reasyrandom]

Tomodachi Life-ass wedding.

[@NataliaBąba]

Lavender marriage be like

[@kitkatboard]

as an aroace, I feel like the absence of kissing for budgetal reasons is why I loved Barbie movies so much as a kid

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

@@reasyrandom Not Tomodachi Life! 😭 😂 But you ain't wrong!

[@rottingprawny4372]

I’m probably more excited for this than I should be

[@lilac_reed]

Same, I literally screamed and my mom had to make sure I was ok lol

[@markipliertrash1562]

Me too 😭

[@georgiagalaxy]

Same!

[@2Scarhand]

As a nearly 30 year old man, I definitely am.

[@withlovetumi]

I swear, Martin Short played the HELL out of Preminger. I need him in more Barbie movie voice roles!!

[@saneira]

its kinda embarrassing that it took me 20 years to realize Martin Short plays Preminger.. lmao

[@withlovetumi]

@@saneiraIt took me long to realize that too. I never knew he did voice work. 😭

[@Pandie2828]

Can we talk about how "a girl like you" watered down "I have no control over my life" to "I want to read all day"? That really bothers me because it's made super clear in the first song but then in "a girl like you" she only sings about her fancy breakfast. Not the mile long to do list she has absolutely no say in.

[@ChestersonJack]

That’s fair. I always assumed that musicals sometimes abridged things the characters were saying diegetically in order to fit the song, but in truth, Annalise told Erika all of her true problems; she just didn’t need to in the song since we as the audience already knew them from the first song.

[@morinomajou]

I feel like the parts of it that do get touched on in A Girl Like You aren't really taken seriously either though, like... even this comments section is full of people making fun of her for complaining about having to marry a man she doesn't know, but considering what married life was often like for women during that time? Yeah, Anneliese had every reason to be scared!

[@ChestersonJack]

@@morinomajou I quite agree

[@cloudsofsatin]

i've always been saying this!!!!

[@jasperjazzie]

@@morinomajou yeah, honestly being a princess back then would kind of suck bc you just get treated like property then married off and you have no say in anything, obv theyr not gonna touch on that in a barbie movie but like, she definitely would have had some problems besides wanting to read lol

[@Lexipop398]

This movie was the first project I’d ever seen Martin Short in, and I still consider Preminger one of his best roles

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

Wait cat in the hat is Preminger?

[@Lexipop398]

@@ArtByKarenEHaleyYES 🤣

[@gabrielle4821]

@@ArtByKarenEHaleyWait Martin Short is the cat in the hat!?!

[@withlovetumi]

@@gabrielle4821 Yes! He voiced the PBS Kids animated version of The Cat in the Hat!

[@gabrielle4821]

@@withlovetumi omg I did NOT know that! My favorite of his is Clifford. It’s a masterpiece.

[@elliee884]

This is everything I’ve want since I saw your first “Barbie Movie Reviews” I am genuinely not even joking when I say that could write an entire essay on this movie.

[@lucamagic]

Me when I got this notification: “How can I refuse?”

[@blueturtle3623]

"200 years before Shakespeare" Using my incredibly sparse knowledge of fashion history, im pretty confident in saying this is set 200 years after Shakespeare.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Yeah, they were goingg for a 1700s aesthetic from the looks of it

[@pandakatiefominz]

Yeah 200 years before Shakespeare would be, like, what? The 1300s? This DEFINITELY is not the 1300s.

[@idontknowhowtochangemyusername]

The fact that they kept Julian's voice crack in "To Be A Princess" is my favorite part of the song. My sister and I would pretend that we were Annalise and Erica. She was always jealous that I was Erica and we would fight over who would be her. My favorite two memories of us playing as them was: • Woofy (Erica's bewitched cat) gets sick and starts to meow as normal. And that made me as Erica panic because he "wasn't the same anymore" even though she had sung a whole song about how her cat was perfect the way he was. • And (My personal favorite) Seraphina gets stuck in a tree and Annalise goes to save her...and then she also gets stuck in a tree and Erica has to rescue her...This actually resulted in my sister getting stuck in a tree *for real* and child me getting panicked that I would get in trouble and running off...I did go back and help her. Mainly because I knew I would get in trouble since she was yelling my name. Ah, the joys of childhood. Also watching the movie as a kid I hated Preminger because he was "the bad guy" now he's my favorite character and my sister and I have listened to "How Can I Refuse" on multiple occasions and can almost sing it word for word. And whenever I see Martin Short (Preminger's VA) in any type of media. I'm like, "That's not (insert character here) that's Preminger." Also, one time my sister and I were listening to "You'll Be Back" from Hamilton and she said, "This sounds like something Preminger would sing." And that led to us acting out the entire song as Preminger. Best. Night. Ever.

[@NCR_]

what i wish my relationship with my sister would have been

[@idontknowhowtochangemyusername]

@@NCR_ I don't know what's happened in your life. Regardless, I hope things are better for you now ❤️

[@lilenwasnothere6867]

i like to think it happened accidentally and then they told him to do it again on purpose.

[@an-animal-lover]

Oh a voice Crack, that makes sense. I always wondered why he sang the line like that but that possibility never crossed my mind

[@Sidgirl5]

5:24 doesn't feel like it's from 2004, it feels like a modern meme also the timing on that is immaculate dude goes from singing to immediately breakdancing

[@greenstarlover1]

Was and always will be my favorite blooper of the bunch

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

I grew up watching this movie in Swedish, so for me the songs in Swedish are a lot more nostalgic to me. Also, when I was a kid I thought that in the scene where Erica puts on the blonde wig that the wig made her sound like Annelise, even though they had the same voice the entire time. I guess I was too dumb to realise that.

[@lucamagic]

Samma här

[@kalielik]

Jag önskar att jag tittade på fler barbie filmer i min barndom, jag har liksom missat mästerverk.

[@suruyuki]

Same, but in Finnish lol

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

Me too but in German. 😂

[@silverdrag0n_]

omg, a fellow swede in the wild

[@captainhades1583]

I’m so glad I’m not alone in that the Barbie movies (this one in particular) absolutely rocked my world as a kid.

[@Lillyluvsanime]

One of my favorite parts about Princess and the Pauper is that the villain is voiced by Martin Short.

[@DeadButterflyProductions]

I thought I had never seen this one until you played the snippet of "How Can I Refuse?" and the memories STABBED me in the BRAIN.

[@prowlandsasuke]

Okay but i think what erica meant when they are alike is the fact both of them are doing something they dont want to do but still do because its the right thing to do, evidence by the song free when they both harmonize "doing your duty maybe something your heart may well regret."

[@pandakatiefominz]

Also, they both don't really have any say over their lives, it's been dictated for them

[@saneira]

Now this was my favorite barbie movie. The only one I managed to convince my dad to buy the movie and the dolls to match. This video had me hysterically crying on the floor remembering all that I loved about it so thank you lmao

[@MoonMoon-cl4co]

Preminger was the true icon for all us Barbie kids childhood! And Otto from Rapunzel! They knew what they were doing!

[@Mesamji]

Serafina and wolf were beta versions of Duchess and O’Malley from Aristocats.

[@Dressup_Doll]

When my family and I rewatched this movie last year, I didn’t remember the mid-credit extras, so Julien just dancing and sliding sent me into hysterics in a way that might never happen again. “How Can I Refuse” is a gem that I need to learn how to sing, too. Edit: I laughed so hard at two dog videos, so now this movie has competition. They’re both great.

[@Vinxqlolz]

"Came for Barbie and stayed for Preminger" is the realest thing ive heard this year🗣️‼️‼️

[@MariaGreenwoodArt]

I bet princess charm school is gonna be next

[@markipliertrash1562]

Probably

[@sophialane3175]

I ScReAmEd when I saw this.... I also forced my entire family (Usually my older brother) to watch this movie with me over and over and over the moment it came out on DVD in 2004. I was 3, and obsessed. This movie became my entire personality. P.S My brother still knows all the songs😅

[@an-animal-lover]

Thanks to this video for showing me how to spell and pronounce Preminger

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

How adorable is the phrase besties for the resties, i like that way more than BFF

[@lisaa3957]

idk what erika gave that maid from her breakfast tray but i ALWAYS wanted to eat it

[@the_boggert_personal]

2:23 i literally JUST noticed the "material girl" playing in the background here. fabulous!!!

[@onecarlos64]

Great way to post for the barbie movie

[@cofeespear4992]

No cause fr 😭 the barbie bloopers were EVERYTHING

[@fatalwaffle1715]

I wish this movie got a sequel.

[@esti___]

Even Preminger's name is an absolute slay 💅

[@zorapianist]

not the Preminger x uncle Ian

[@peonylarkspur645]

My mom confused next to me as I burst out laughing at the Preminger/uncle Ian edit

[@andysee6996]

It's time to speculate on what this movie is like by watching Tonka Joey's review video!

[@victorlannister5606]

My grandma dissed Barbie should I disown her?

[@zorapianist]

absolutely

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

Yes

[@tivthetat7067]

Of course

[@S0ap_Bvbbl3z]

Yes

[@sketchyskies8531]

Yes

[@superhunksickle]

They are alike because neither of them got to choose their circumstances

[@flowerwaifu]

I’m always so torn between them being soul sisters or lavender lovers

[@crazycreaturestudios]

I remember watching this all the time when I was little and being utterly obsessed with the dog-cat. I subconsciously made so many ocs that were just like him, but with different animals.

[@adorkablerandomness7210]

0:35 Okay, but only if Martin Short reprises his role as the iconic role as ✨️Preminger✨️

[@VVesteria]

They should remake this with their current animation quality. Bloopers and all.

[@SephTheHuntress]

I barely remember anything from Princess and the Pauper, but i remember Preminger.

[@selenalulamoon1167]

The iconic poly group. No I will not take questions

[@daisyfrompluto]

tonka joey is how I learn of all the Barbie movies! One of these days I do have to sit and watch all the them, lmao

[@whitebread3872]

I know already this is gonna be a good one, also can’t wait to see the new Barbie movie

[@LunaFicsASMR]

Barbie bloopers are the what the toy story bloopers were

[@sailormoonfaiza]

This year is the 20th Anniversary of this Musical Masterpiece.

[@Fenfaeii]

I’m back from the dead! And I’ll be binging all of tonka’s videos again, because I can’t support her in the paying ways. But still, Another great video keep up the good work! (Also, they were roommates!)

[@S0ap_Bvbbl3z]

1:11 get the weapons ready, besties, we are going to war.

[@lapislake]

4:42 so glad someone else accepts the trans wolfie headcannon! (Mainly since he's a male calico and they're nearly genetically impossible) genuinely thought I was the only one!

[@adrianatejeda6198]

So why did no one talk about that Preminger wanted to marry a Ameliese and then the QUEEN?!

[@WherlaNeedstohappen]

Has anyone else ever Written a whole fanfic of Preminger and Queen Ariana ( Barbie The Island princess) Getting Married to each other for wealth and power but actually fall inlove

[@theroseofversailles]

No but I’ve written fanfics where he and Preminger accidentally fall in love in a steamy romance.

[@TJ-ww6hm]

I won't even lie, my dream of a double wedding came directly from this movie I wad obsessed with the idea as a child

[@charlidrawz]

THought I'd mention that My fiance approves the Greta Gerwig Princess and the Pauper live-action idea with one request: Bring back Martin Short for Preminger.

[@best_of_eli]

Listen, as a guy who grew up watching this with my older sister. These barbie movies slap. Glad I saw them and they have a special place in my heart.

[@cerpiper]

6:35 those two are perfect for each other

[@WherlaNeedstohappen]

Annelise literally called Julian the center of the bewilderness like if you get this joke

[@pheebobeebo1459]

someone needs to let Kurtis Conner know about the princess doing poppers frame 😭

[@mc.gemstone]

Sadly never saw this movie as a kid but I'm gonna force some my friends to watch this next week on Friday. I will try to update this and let you know how it goes.

[@bookwyrm8181]

the implications of an economy solely dependent on geodes and the eventual collapse of their kingdom …

[@FrznTrx5]

Idk why but 5:17 is my absolute favorite I wheezed

[@SelkieGirl]

You had me at trans cat song

[@lilliths-httyd-channel]

wow that was fucking eerie i literally just finished watching this movie an hour ago and suddenly this pops into my recommended. anyway serafina is best cat.

[@whywhywhhyy2650]

1:33 THAT WAS ONE OF THE REVIEWS FROM HER FIRST VIDEO ABOUT BARBIE REVIEWS

[@whywhywhhyy2650]

2:11 THAT ALSO WAS IN HER FIRST VIDEO ABOUT BARBIE

[@skylarstone5500]

I headcanon that if you smoked weed with Anneliese, she'd info dump geology facts.

[@melodiesblue2442]

When i was a kid I LOVED this movie, and I had this litle like mini barbie of erika, yknow the kind that came with plastic clip on clothes? anyway i had a playdate with my friend one day and her little sister came too. As they left my sister GAVE HER MY DOLL. WITHOUT TELLING ME. SHE DIDNT EVEN GIVE HER THE CLOTHES. JUST A NAKED ASS BARBIE. I NEVER GOT IT BACK. YES IM STILL MAD ABOUT THIS

[@littlelotus4572]

1:10 time over here sitting in when I was a bb I thought this movie looked like a moving picture book

[@ladyeleanor6159]

My sister and I also had Anneliese and Erika dolls that came with a cute little tea set 🫖Once we had a tea party where we drank from the tiny pink cups (it was probably juice and not actually tea tho) and played with the dolls. A true princess moment 👑 Still I liked the Fairytopia movies more since Iittle me was obsessed with fairies (and she turned into a mermaid, like could you get any cooler)

[@irmalair9861]

Why does everybody think preminger is gay? He was/is my fav barbie villain and I never once thought he was gay

[@theroseofversailles]

It’s all about perspective.

[@slurpeekyler]

Amazing, Iconic, Stunning

[@jadamiller7485]

I checked. Character Ai has a couple Premingers. W.

[@NukkuiskoHyvinVaiPois]

I'm not saying Preminger is the reason for me wanting to submit to a powerful, delightfully evil person. It's just a happy coincidence.

[@FriendlyNeiborhoodAsexual]

2:11 that sounds fun, ngl

[@4amar19]

My grandma gave me this movie in like 2016 (age 7) and it's the only barbie film I've ever watched. I feel so included🫶

[@bigboomer1013]

Erica called wolfie a calico. Calicos are not male, they are always female. Like.... ALWAYS. Not like how they are more commonly female than male, literitly all calicos are female genetically. And if a calico was to be born a male, he would be sterile and can't make babies. How was it posible for them to have kittens? Unless..... sarafina was cheating or was a male cat herself. I'm over thinking things. I'm not serious about it. But it's funny how some don't know that about calicos

[@ChestersonJack]

Since you’re looking for solutions, I’ll throw my hat in the ring. Perhaps since she said it in a song, she was merely using the term as a rhyming device. Plus she did say “you’re no status-quo calico,” maybe he’s no calico at all?

[@kitkatboard]

Wolfie and Seraphina are a T4T couple, easy

[@lapislake]

This is the realest thing I've ever heard and I am now accepting this as canon in my silly little brain.

[@Pinkywinkykinky]

The fairy secret, mermaidia fairytopia swan lake, rapunzel and fashion fairytale were the real mvp's for me, i liked the music here but the princess and the pauper got more boring towards the later half like when she was kidnapped in the mine

[@emmahealy4863]

When I rediscovered this film after 15 years it made me realise where my irrational fear of mines came from 😅

[@calamadness]

you should read reviews for ‘The Three Caballeros’ (1943) that movie is so weird i love it

[@one_smol_duck]

STOP WAIT I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WOLFIE AND SERAPHINA WOULD BE LIVING IN DIFFERENT KINGDOMS THIS IS DEVASTATING

[@jennifertheegg4779]

Erica: tells this girl she's never met, all of her trauma and having to work for some Lady Tremaine wannabe for the next 40 years or something Anilesse: Proceeds to sing about how good and amazing her life is, but she needs to learn geography and math, and marry some handsome CGI guy Also Erica: WOW we're literally the same person 😦😋👏🏼👏🏼💕💕🙂😩😩🍵😗💖😭😍

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

My "friend" when we were kids insisted that I had to be Erica, but we both had brown hair so her argument was "you're fat and thats ugly and Annelise is pretty so Im Annalise and you are Erica" Like she really said that😂 I pushed her. But damn Im in my 20s and I still remember that shit, kinda hurt ngl😂. But my other friend (different occasion) said that I was annalise if I wanted to be bc my favourite colour was also pink and that was very sweet, we still sing the songs to each other 😂 And a different friend and I got matching friendship necklaces,one was light blue and one was pink like the Annalise/Erica colours, it had no association to Barbie at all but we still argued abt. Eventually I got the blue one because I didnt really mind and she liked pink 😂 My cousin and I also quote the movie at each other but she watched it in Italian and I watched in German. We decided that to be fair and so noone could sing along wed re watch it in english😂. So overall positive experiences if a bit of a mixed bag. This movie is truly a childhood staple

[@stellalollypia5287]

I would say to your "friend", "Are you telling me that Erica is ugly?"

[@whiteasparagus4331]

4:20 ok so history nerd here the structure the places have and the clothes that the characters wear resemble the 1700’s more than they resemble the medieval/renaissance era (which is were I’m assuming this person thinks is the time period the movie is set in) the structure you see in Annalise’s palace is way too modern to be medieval, and it looks more like the Versalles palace if anything, taking into consideration that Shakespeare was born in the 1500’s, yes, Erika has a way of knowing who he is Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[@Artistwithpurplehair]

Tbh the only thing this movie is lacking is background stories. Although we can speculate.

[@marinara_saucyboi]

attempt number 3 of asking joey to do cars movie reviews

[@glassumbrella9833]

They were right he’s so oingo boingo to the point that he is both oingo AND boingo

[@meszarosvillo5268]

Could you do a reviews video to pitch perfect movies too? That would be awesome

[@sketchyskies8531]

Bro this was my favorite of the Barbie movies

[@LunaFicsASMR]

*I went to 8th grade history class EVERY DAY* That being said, I watched this last week and my childhood came crashing all around me this specific barbie movie DVD was watched so many times that it was destroyed within 3 months Edit: it was because Erika was an indentured servant

[@LIMYANRUIANNELIESEMoe]

by biggest flex is that we share the same name

[@kappapride6332]

The trans cat song still hits hard

[@littlemisstfc]

I want Preminger on RuPaul’s Drag Race.

[@Lulu_Loves_Sheep]

Ever thought about looking at Lord of the Rings movie reviews??? I'm curious about the Legolas comments >w

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

Preminger 🤝 Otto Ah~ 😩

[@stargazer31]

Is it bad that I understand what "Oingo Boingo coded" means?

[@greenteadreams5182]

1:29 I was obsessed with the barbie princess and the pauper pc game, and yes, it did have better graphics than the movie.

[@artfuldodgerrr]

Hey Joey, idk if you take suggestions from the comments, but if you do, can you do movie reviews for Escape From Planet Earth? That movie was my childhood and i just want to revisit it :)

[@2catsandaFifi]

yasss

[@Nelunda]

I think all men should be exactly like Preminger

[@IAmTerrestrial]

I literally used my mom's card as a kid to buy barbie movies, and then when she switched it to one that didn't work i found one that did switched it and bought more, i have no recollection of this

[@beattlecub]

You should do Spiderverse movie reviews next! 🕷️